Bess, You is My Woman now Lyrics Meanings
by Joan Carles Capdevila JOC

(P) Bess, you is my woman now,
you is, you is!
An' you mus' laugh an' sing
an' dance for two instead of one.

Want no wrinkle on yo' brow nohow, because de sorrow of the past
is all done, done.
Oh, Bess, my Bess!
De real happiness is jes' begun.

(B) Porgy, I's yo' woman now,
I is, I is!
An' I ain' never goin'
nowhere 'less you shares de fun.

Dere's no wrinkle on my brow, nohow, but I ain' goin'! You hear me sayin', if you ain' goin', wid you I'm stayin'. Porgy, I's yo' woman now!
I's yours forever,
mornin' time an' ev'nin' time an'
summer time an' winter time.

(P) Mornin' time an' ev'nin' time an' summer time an' winter time,
Bess, you got yo' man.

(B&P) Bess, you is my woman now
an' forever.
Dis life is jes' begun,
Bess, we two is one now an' forever.
Oh, Bess, don' min' dose women.
You got yo' Porgy, you loves yo' Porgy,
I knows you means it,
I seen it in yo' eyes, Bess.
We'll go swingin' through
de years asingin'.

(B) Mornin' time an' ev'nin' time an'
summer time an' winter time.
(P) Mornin' time an' ev'nin' time an'
summer time an' winter time.

(B&P) My Bess, my Bess,
from dis minute I'm tellin' you,
I keep this vow: Oh, my Bessie,
we's happy now, we is one now.